Monday, 30 March 2015

Green (and yellow) Easter at Nostalgiecat...

I really feel like my life has become more enriched and happy since I started filling my house with plants and flowers...

...and I think decorating with greenery for holidays is so classy: Plants are seasonal creatures and therefore lends themselves well as subtle hints to the seasons in your home's décor.

Of course I'm not going to get away with decorating for Easter using only plants...having a 5 year old daughter means eggs, feathers, Easter bunnies and the odd fluffy chick is bound to swamp my house by the end of this week....but I've quite enjoyed slowly adding yellow daffodils and other seasonal greenery to my home over the last week:

My daffodil bulbs has flowered, and adds a little pop of yellow on my mantle...

And the bright yellow of these fresh daff's perfectly compliment my new, huge abstract art in the living room (more on that later ...)

I'm not actually sure what these pretty fresh flowers (above and below) are called, but they're always available at my local florist this time of year....and pop an polystyrene egg covered with brass thumb-tacks next to them....(and a little sneaky chick in the shelves LOL)....

...Or with some little chocolate eggs in a bowl, and hey presto: Easter is here!!

I'm a huge fan of the pastel trend in interiors this spring, and it suits the season so well...

bringing a fresh feel to my décor. And the bright yellow of Easters favourite flowers, the daffs, goes so well with those subtle shades:

And of course the perfect accompaniment to a bunch of daff's are some pussy willows....

And they look great in my DIY egg planter/vase I made last year. (See how here)

And of course this years version of the feathered Easter tree is back on my kitchen table....this time with some pretty and simply decorated blown out duck eggs (tutorial coming soon)...

And I've also made some easy copper+macramé hanging planters to house my Easter cactus' for the kitchen windows...I will show you how I made these in my next DIY post.

And on my kitchen shelf, a bunch of daffs are waiting to bloom next to some potted chives and a little succulent cutling...

And the other morning I got creative with a marker pen and some plain white egg cups: Meet Mr and Mrs Succulent (and their little friend "the chick")....the latest members of our growing green family...

Cute aren't they?? They are so easy to do....would be a great little project to do with the kids over the holidays should boredom kick in!!

I will, as you probably gather, be posting some more creative tutorials and posts throughout Easter, and I am also gathering some kid friendly activities from the www. that I will be posting next week...so should you run out of ideas for the kids over Easter, make sure you pop back for that!